Rostraria

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Aveninae
Genus: Rostraria
Species: R. azorica – R. balansae – R. clarkeana – R. cristata – R. hadjikyriakou – R. hispida – R. obtusiflora – R. rohlfsii – R. smyrnaea

Rostraria Trin., Fund. Agrost.: 149 (1820).

• Type species: Rostraria cristata (L.) Tzvelev, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 7: 47 (1970 publ. 1971).
• Note: Emended by Barberá et al., (2024)

• Heterotypic
  • Lophochloa Rchb., Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 42 (1830).
  • Wilhelmsia K.Koch, Linnaea 21: 400 (1848), nom. illeg.
  • Parodiochloa A.M.Molina, Parodiana 4: 110 (1986), nom. illeg.

• Trinius, C.B. v. 1820. Fundamenta Agrostographiae, sive Theoria contructionis floris graminei; adjecta synopsi generum graminum hucusque cognitorum..214 pp. Viennae. BHL Reference page. ː 149, pl. 13.

• Barberá, P., Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Garcia-Porta, J., Romaschenko, K., Aedo, C. & Quintanar, A. 2024. Phylogenetics and reticulation among koelerioid clades, part I: Contraction of Trisetum, expansion of Acrospelion, Graphephorum, and Tzveleviochloa; Graciliotrisetum gen. nov. and resurrection of Aegialina (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Aveninae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 63(3): 629–655. DOI: 10.1111/jse.13133 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Rostraria in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Rostraria. Published online. Accessed: 11 Nov. 2025. Reference page.
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Rostraria. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 11.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Rostraria. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

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